Revival Life Church

The Enemy Among Us In this message, you will learn how misplaced trust can keep you bound even while you are praying for breakthrough. Gideon’s story shows that God may confront the enemy within us before delivering us from the enemy around us. Israel cried out because Midian was destroying its crops and devastating its land. Yet Baal’s altar still stood within Gideon’s own family and community. God called Gideon to confront this divided worship before fighting Midian. “Gideon’s first battle was not against Midian. It was against the divided hearts of Israel.” Gideon obeyed at night because he feared his family and the town, but he still completed everything God commanded. “Scared obedience is still obedience.” When the town discovered the destroyed altar, its outrage revealed an allegiance its words might have denied. People may not recognize their idols until those idols are challenged. “You discover what people worship when you touch their idols.” Gideon’s obedience began changing the people aro